Day after Marriage, it should be equal to the Rank she
is rais'd to, and charged to fill becomingly.
    2. That to avoid the Idea apt to be join'd with the Word 'Squire, the
Gentleman should be styled Sir James, or Sir John, etc. and Lady Davers in a new
Edition might procure for him the Title of a Baronet.
    3. That if the sacred Name were seldomer repeated, it would be better; for
that the Wise Man's Advice is, Be not righteous over-much.
    4. That the Penance which Pamela suffers from Lady Davers might be
shorten'd: That she is too timorous after owning her Marriage to that Lady, and
ought to have a little more Spirit, and get away sooner out at the Window, or
call her own Servants to protect, and carry her to her Husband's Appointment.
    5. That Females are too apt to be struck with Images of Beauty; and that the
Passage where the Gentleman is said to span the Waist of Pamela with his Hands,
is enough to ruin a Nation of Women by Tight-lacing.
    6. That the Word naughty had better be changed to some other, as Bad,
Faulty, Wicked, Vile, Abominable, Scandalous: Which in most Places would give an
Emphasis, for which recourse must otherwise be had to the innocent Simplicity of
the Writer; an Idea not necessary to the Moral of the Story, nor of Advantage to
the Character of the Heroine.
    7. That the Words, p. 361. Foolish Thing that I am, had better be Foolish
that I am. The same Gentleman observes by way of Postscript, that Jokes are
often more severe, and do more Mischief, than more solid Objections; and would
have one or two Passages alter'd, to avoid giving Occasion for the Supposition
of a double Entendre, particularly in two Places which he mentions, viz. p. 289
and 292.
 
He is pleased to take notice of several other Things of less Moment, some of
which are merely typographical; and very kindly expresses, on the Whole, a high
Opinion of the Performance, and thinks it may do a great deal of Good: For all
which, as well as for his Objections, the Editor gives him a very sincere
Thanks.
 
Others are of Opinion, That the Scenes in many Places, in the Beginning
especially, are too low; and that the Passions of Lady Davers, in particular,
are carried too high, and above Nature.
 
And others have intimated, That Pamela ought, for